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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Alison Byrnes

Australian Labor Party · CUNNINGHAM · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$145,524+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
116th / 258
+4% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$145,524
Quarters on record
16
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($67,935)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.

Quarter-over-quarter

Work expenses — reported by IPEA
Remuneration composition — modelled

Expenditure by category

Expenditure by category (reported by IPEA)

Remuneration breakdown

Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$8,996
Total remuneration & super$82,036
Note: Auto-applied Backbencher (2025-26); quarterly = annual / 4
How is this modelled?▾

Modelled from Remuneration Tribunal determinations. Best-effort approximations, not IPEA-reported amounts.

Vehicle entitlement
All members modelled as taking the $19,500/yr cash-in-lieu allowance. IPEA car/COMCAR lines are treated as separate travel costs.
Electorate allowance
Baseline rate ($39,700/yr) applied for all representatives; geographic scaling not yet modelled.
Committee loadings
Additional loadings for committee chairs, whips and minor office holders are currently untracked.
Mid-quarter transitions
Modelled on the most recent active role within the quarter (known approximation).

Full detail on the methodology page.

Expenditure detail

Office Facilities

$67,935
—IPEA$67,935.16

Office Administration

$50,779
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$19,296.37
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,736.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,982.22
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,599.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,599.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,576.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,540.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,540.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,540.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,108.80
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,013.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$768.78
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$759.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$714.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$699.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$674.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$655.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$648.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$609.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$544.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$544.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$544.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$535.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$520.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$310.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$301.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
PublicationsIPEA$253.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
PublicationsIPEA$200.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$175.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$167.22
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$158.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$148.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$145.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$145.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$137.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$111.10
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$73.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$72.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$59.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$45.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.86
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$35.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$36.78
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$404.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$404.00

Employee Travel

$11,486
Domestic TravelIPEA$11,485.55

Travel Allowance

$8,916
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,576.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$866.00

Other Car Costs

$4,382
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,052.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,052.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,052.18
COMCARIPEA$177.77
ParkingIPEA$155.29
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$99.66
COMCARIPEA$87.66
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$62.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$53.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$51.36
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$50.71
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$48.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$34.51
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$1,543
FaresIPEA$917.01
FaresIPEA$625.90

Telecommunications

$484
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.38
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18

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